Breast reduction waiting time at South East Regional Hospital
Half of patients at South East Regional Hospital waited 209 days or less for breast reduction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Tarraganda area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 209 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 268 km away, at 111 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East Regional Hospital | 209 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 296 days | 20.0% | 160 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 27.9% | 190 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 309 days | 33.2% | 744 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 309 days marks the national median.
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 268 km away: 111 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 324 km away: 212 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 336 km away: 109 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 337 km away: 370 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 337 km away: 323 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 426 km away: 260 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 434 km away: 849 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 435 km away: 87 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- South East Regional Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South East Regional Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 178 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 216 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 250 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 326 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 347 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 301 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 365 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 283 | 325 |
| 2024–25 | 209 | 296 | 309 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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